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Lactuca serriola - Kahu
Lactuca serriola is an annual or biennial plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It has a slightly fetid odor and is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops. Lactuca serriola is known as the compass plant because in the Sun the upper leaves twist round to hold their margins upright.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
cardiac paralysis, chronic catarrh, coughs, swollen liver, flatulence, urinary tract, ailments.
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
Acetylcholine chloride, atropine sulfate, carbachol, dicyclomine, dimethylsulfoxide, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, glucose[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | |
| Hindi | |
| Malayalam | |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Marathi | NA |
| Gujarathi | NA |
| Punjabi | NA |
| Kashmiri | NA |
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Wild Lettuce, Lettuce Opium |
Properties
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
Dravya
Rasa
Guna
Veerya
Vipaka
Karma
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets and Leaf arrangement is alternate |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unisexual | 2-4cm long | blue to purple, and yellow | 5-20 | the flower head has ray flowers only, meaning all of the individual flowers of the flower head have a strap-shaped ray |
Fruit
| Type | Size | Mass | Appearance | Seeds | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | 7–10 | at least a part of the plume is made up of fine bristles | Tuft or plume on fruit | many | {{{6}}} |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Prefers a light sandy loam in a sunny position[3]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)
A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)
A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)
A Torà (Segarra - Catalunya)
flowers
close up of 1 flower
cluster of buds
plant
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References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat cardiac paralysis
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat chronic catarrh
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat coughs
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat swollen liver
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat flatulence
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat urinary tract
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat ailments
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in English
- Habit - Herb
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Roadsides
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Waste places
- Herbs
